Massaponax Church, Headquarters U.S. Army, 21st May, 1864

Stereograph showing church in Massaponax, Va., temporary headquarters of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, with Union soldiers gathered outside.
No. 729.
"Entered according to Act of congress in the year 1863, [i.e. 1864] by Alex. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia."
Part of series: Photographic Incidents of the War.

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States in 1856 and worked as a photographer in Mathew Brady's studio. Gardner was sent to document the American Civil War and produced some of the most iconic images of the conflict, including photographs of the battlefields at Antietam and Gettysburg. After the war, Gardner photographed President Lincoln and the American West, including images of Native Americans, settlers, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad.